congenital diaphragmatic hernia Tag

Morgagni hernia is a congenital diaphragmatic hernia. It is rare, usually asymptomatic, and most of the times incidentally discovered during adulthood. A 77-year-old female patient was incidentally diagnosed with Morgagni hernia. Meanwhile, because of abdominal pain she resorted to the emergency department. A CT scan...

A rare complication of umbilical venous catheter (UVC) insertion is the extravasation of the infusate into the peritoneal cavity. We report 3 cases of abdominal extravasation of parenteral nutrition (PN) fluid via UVCs. Two of these cases presented as “acute abdomen” which were assumed to...

Rationale: Liver heterotopia associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a rare condition; to the best of our knowledge, only 17 cases have been reported to date. The histogenesis and clinicopathological features are largely unknown. We herein report 2 cases of liver heterotopia associated with CDH...

Objectives
We aim to determine factors that are associated with better outcomes of CDH patients.
Methods
A retrospective review was performed on all CDH patients admitted to our institution between 2003 and 2016. This study was performed at a single institution which has a fetal care center. Patients...

AIMS: To compare the mean oxygenation index on day1 (MOId1) with the best OI on day1 (BOId1) in predicting 30-day mortality in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). In addition, to determine whether serial OIs in the first 48 h after birth and preoperative OI (PreOp-OI), were associated...

Last week, CDHi took part in the Patients as Partners Europe conference in London, representing patients born with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. It was a wonderful opportunity to represent CDH and to forge new connections in for patient advocacy....

To better serve families in the CDH community, CDH International and our CHERUBS division have instituted a new program. CDHi Ambassadors are new volunteer positions in each state and all 70+ countries that we serve. Our featured CDHi Ambassador this week is Illinois Ambassador, Rebecca...

Featured Cherub of the week is Carson Ray Elliott, son to Brent and Brianna and little brother to Carter. The following was written by Carson's Uncle Matthew, "At 4 am on April 5th, 2016 Carson Ray Elliott was born. He was born to two loving...

"I have 2 CDH little girls. An angel and survivor. Cherubs gave me hope when no one else did. They gave me comfort in a dark place. They connected with some of the best friends I’ll ever be “sad” to know. Forever grateful! Briella Grace,...